Author Archives: The Hook

About The Hook

Husband. Father. Bellman. Author of The Bellman Chronicles. Reader of comic books and observer and chronicler of the human condition. And to my wife's eternal dismay, a mere mortal and non-vampire. I'm often told I look like your uncle, cousin, etc. If I wore a hat, I'd hang it on a hat rack in my home in Niagara Falls, Canada. You can call me The Hook, everyone else does.

Tour Season, Cultural Bridges Blown Asunder… And Godzilla!

Posted on 2018/10/15

Riddle me this, kids: When is a dreary, rainy Monday morning at the height of bus season in Niagara Falls anything but boring? Why, when you mix two Japanese tours, two buses, two clueless Japanese tour guides and two black-as-the-ace-of-spades … Continue reading →

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Seven Things I Learned In New York.

Posted on 2018/10/05

If the title wasn’t clear enough, I should tell you that I recently accompanied my daughter on her latest excursion to the Big Apple. And spoiler alert: I didn’t get into a fight with any New Yorkers in the Broadway … Continue reading →

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Misadventures In Modern Parenting: Travel Edition – With Shantelle Bisson and The Hook.

Posted on 2018/10/03

It’s the bane of every traveling parent’s existence: what to do when their kids act like monsters while away from home. Do you open a can of whup-ass all over them in public? Or do you wait until you’re alone … Continue reading →

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Another Murdoch Post?

Posted on 2018/09/24

If a little is good then more must be better. That saying usually applies to alcohol or ketchup flavored potato chips (I love being Canadian) but it also applies to insights on the latest season of Murdoch Mysteries from it’s … Continue reading →

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On With The Murdochian Show… This Is It…

Posted on 2018/09/20

It’s hard to believe (though not if you’re a fan) but Murdoch Mysteries Season Twelve is almost upon us. To millions of us, Murdoch isn’t simply a televised period piece focusing on a detective who is decades ahead of his … Continue reading →

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What Happens Next?

Posted on 2018/09/10

I’m back, bitches! Now what? To be entirely honest, I’m not all that comfortable with the term “bitches”, but it’s amusing, so it made the final edit. Or at least it would have if I had an editing process in … Continue reading →

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Summer of ’18… In Bite Sizes.

Posted on 2018/09/06

Well, another summer has come and gone – like most of the guests I deal with. Especially the hookers. This summer was no different than the last, truth be told. Last winter was a brutal one (it was slower than … Continue reading →

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